Bangladesh: A successful journey towards CRVS system improvement

This paper highlights three successful technical interventions implemented by the Government of Bangladesh and its civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) stakeholders to strengthen the country’s CRVS system.

Colombia: A strategy to improve the registration and certification of vital events in rural and ethnic communities

This paper details Colombia’s strategy to increase the registration and certification of vital events in rural municipalities and ethnic communities. Key parts of this intervention involve developing a proactive search system to improve capture of vital events through mobile notification, and subsequently applying automated verbal autopsy to determine probable cause of community-based deaths.

Introduction of Iris automated mortality coding system in the Philippines

This CRVS Country Perspectives paper outlines the activities involved in the introduction of the Iris automated mortality coding system in the Philippines.

Papua New Guinea: Targeted interventions for sustainable change

Outlines the strategy for strengthening the CRVS system, which is based on three pillars: leadership, integration, and capacity-building.

Peru: An exceptional example of CRVS system advancement

This document highlights the major interventions being implemented in Peru as part of the country's CRVS systems-strengthening agenda.

Sri Lanka: Strengthening the quality and availability of mortality statistics

This paper outlines the strategy for improving the quality and availability of mortality statistics in Sri Lanka, which is built on two main pillars: improving the quality of medical certification of cause of death for facility deaths; and implementing automated verbal autopsy to ascertain probable cause of death for community deaths.

Strengthening small area demographic estimates in Latin America

Accurate mortality, fertility and population information are fundamental for program and policy development and monitoring in health and other sectors. The most suitable data source for local death and birth data is a well-functioning CRVS system, but these are underdeveloped in Latin America, with varying levels of incompleteness between and within countries. The Small Area Demographic Estimation in Latin America Workshop was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 19-20 March 2018. The workshop brought together regional and international demographic experts to discuss methods and approaches to improve the evidence base for mortality, fertility and population at the small area level in Latin America.

Summary: Improving the quality of mortality statistics in Sri Lanka

Describes the two innovative approaches Sri Lanka is taking to improve the quality of mortality data: introducing automated verbal autopsy, and up-skilling doctors in correct medical certification practices.

Summary: Innovative approaches to strengthen the capture and quality of mortality data in Brazil

Brazil has implemented several measures to improve the registration of vital events including: developing a new 'garbage code' study protocol to evaluate death certificates; training doctors on how to correctly complete death certificates, and assessing the accuracy of mortality data from forensic institutes

Summary: Strengthening Peru's national death registry information system

In Perú, only 54 per cent of deaths have a COD recorded, and about 30 per cent of these causes are classified as poorly-defined or not useful for the formulation of public policy. In response to this, key CRVS partners developed the National Death Registry Information System (SINADEF), which is an application allowing doctors to complete death certificates in real-time immediately after verifying that a death has occurred.